Flat Hunting #2

New day, new chances! After a long day on Tuesday, we got up early in the morning, as our first visit was at 10.30am and we again decided to walk. We went back to the Erasmus place, as I received a message that more rooms were available and I wanted to check them out. Hugo welcomed us again with his lovely Spanish and missing English skills. He was very patient though and we managed to have a decent talk. He showed us three rooms, of which one of them was definitely a serious option. I told him "me gusta" and that I would message him after our next visit.
On our way to the next apartment, we stopped by a tiny café and had some breakfast. Dawe only had a coffee and I had a coffee with a typical Spanish toast, with tomato and olive oil, which only cost €1.50!!! We couldn't believe the price and it was really tasty.

We met Javi in front of the apartment; he is a friend of Alodia, who we met in Leeuwarden on her Erasmus exchange. She is originally from Zaragoza. We asked her for help and if she knew anyone with free rooms. The rooms looked nice, one of them was the biggest and brightest we had seen so far, while also being really cheap. Unfortunately, the rest of the apartment could not convince us, as the Spanish girl living there did not seem to be very tidy. The bathroom and kitchen were dirty and the living room did not smell very appealing. We left and walked by Dawe's new apartment in order to pick up his keys and drop off the deposit for the room. We ended up staying for 4 hours, as we started talking with the boys, played some table tennis and then Paolo, one of the Italian guys, asked if we were hungry and started cooking pasta for everyone. Pasta made by an Italian guy - how can you say 'no' to that?!

Pool table and a table tennis table (which can also be used for beer pong ;))

The boys were really friendly; while we were sitting there and trying to arrange more rooms to look at, they also asked their landlord and some of their friends if they had free rooms. After the food and some coffee, Gianmarco, whose room Dawe is taking, Marco and us walked to Marco's old place. Marco is one of their friends and he is also going back to Italy, thus he showed me his old room. Again, the room was nice but the rest of the apartment did not appeal to us (mainly because of the flatmates there, as they seem to be very individualistic and we were missing the familiar atmosphere we got used to from the boys' apartment). Sooooooo, we moved on. We told the boys we needed to go to the Campus San Francisco to the ESN office in order to pick up our "welcome package". Hence, the boys decided to walk with us and showed us where to go. Guess who we met at the office..... HUGO! He looked at us like 'oh man these two again' and we also looked at him like 'shit, he doesn't speak any English'! Fortunately, Gianmarco translated some things for us, we received our ESN card, wristband, another map of the city and the information about the orientation day, which will be on Thursday the 5th of February (meaning dinner and party). 

Afterwards, the boys brought us to the metro stop, as we had definitely walked enough over the past days and it was getting really windy and cold. We thanked the boys for their help, as they really have done so much for us, and already invited us over again for Friday evening. Even though Dawe and me both have a Buddy from ESN, we have not seen them or received any real help from them (Dawe: my buddy answers every 24 hours ("sooooorrryyy didn't see your message, let's meet tomorrow?!") and Marie's buddy was straight-forward: he doesn't have time until the end of the week, as he is 'studying'... oookay..) . The boys from Dawe's flat are really the best people we have met here so far. 

In the evening, we visited another place with two English guys and a Spanish one, but it was too far away from university. Additionally, the room did not have a wardrobe, instead it was located in the hallway and the people were smoking in the living room. The girl told us that the Spanish guy was leaving and the English boys can't speak much Spanish, thus it was already no option for me. On my way back I messaged the Erasmus place that I would love to move in there. Sooooo, happy days! Both Dawe and me are not homeless anymore after only 3 days and we have already met some great people. May the adventures continue....